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Well, of course it’s important, but how? I’ve learned a lot about fundraising over the past few months, and my current perspective is that every young person I know has an idea for an app and wants a million dollars to implement it. If we were to get these aforementioned young people the money, a […]

The Beatles broke up way too soon. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one of the most prolific and successful songwriting teams in history–just imagine the music they could have produced if their partnership had lasted longer. The Rolling Stones purportedly have fought like cats and dogs over the years but are still together. What […]

Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean states that many things turn out best when practiced with moderation and with balance. Unfortunately this has been over-expanded over time to “All things in moderation,” but most would agree that even a moderate amount of heroin is not likely to turn out well for you in the long term. […]

There certainly are more than three mistakes you can make in your strategic planning process, but here are the ones we see most often: Ambiguous goals and roles. This is counter intuitive, right? We all know that the real enemy is AMBIGUITY and that the main point of strategic planning is to remove it. However, many leaders don’t […]

Newsletter 67 The CEOs were long-time friends, but at this moment they were both red in the face, animated, and adamant about their points of view. “I tell you, in strategic planning you must create your future vision first,” said one. If you do your environmental scanning first, then you’ll always be limited by your […]

Newsletter 13 Gadzooks, it’s strategic planning time again at the Acme Revolving Brush Company! It’s time to spend days and days in planning meetings with scads of people to come up with that hefty volume which contains the airtight 5-year plan (complete with highly precise man-hour estimates) that when perfectly executed will take the organization […]

Newsletter 9 One of my favorite quotes is: “Keep your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, and your ear to the ground. Now, try to get some work done in that position!” Unfortunately I don’t know who said it, but they must have been having a moment of extraordinary clarity. The point: […]

Newsletter 5 This is an age old concept proliferated by many great thinkers. To truly succeed, you first must vision clearly how that success will look, feel, sound, taste, and smell. Then you can easily work backwards, decide how to spend your time on the planet, and make wise day-to-day decisions that will make your […]

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